This statement makes policy recommendations as part of the federal government's public consultation process. It includes a vision of Just Transition (also published in a separate statement in Feb. 2016), and urges conversion to renewable energy sources and renewable electricity. It calls for an accelerated coal phase-out, with transition assistance for affected workers and communities.
The submission summarizes some statistics re Canada's auto industry, and lays out the union's position in favour of vehicle emission standards, alternative fuel vehicles, and manufacture of transit vehicles.
